Your insurance provider usually answers that question for you.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Morrison Executive Director Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 f: 801-466-3856 www.bicyclecollective.org
The mission of the Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households.
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 1:20 PM, MoBo Bicycle Co-op < mobobicyclecoop@gmail.com> wrote:
Our volunteers for regular shop hours must be 16 or over, unless they have a parental waiver and the mechanic on duty is willing to take responsibility and find a mentor for the child. We are an open shop based co-op so our members work on bikes with a variety of tools, sometimes without the supervision of a mechanic so we don't want anything to happen to a kid. Like Wanda said, having staff being able and willing to take responsibility makes a difference to ensure the child's safety.
However, we do run a kids day program and because of the way that program is run, we let kids volunteer as young as 8, mostly working the front desk. During Kids Day, all a kid needs is a parental waiver and no child is allowed to work on a bike without a mechanic.
Ellie Nava-Jones MoBo Bicycle Co-op
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Wanda Pelegrina Caldas < wanda@communitycycles.org> wrote:
Youth under 16 must be accompanied by an adult, at all times. We ask they bring their own adult. We might have all kindsa stuff at the shop, but babysitters are not something we have in stock.
We do have a youth earn-a-bike program separate from our open shop. Youth 10-16 can participate without an adult, but their parent must sign a waiver.
We chose this age range b/c we find it's when kids are (usually) ready to take part, pay attention, learn. They are capable of using the tools safely or with little guidance and generally don't run around the shop using the tools as toys. We do occasionally get younger kids who start out super engaged, but their kids and have shorter attention spans. It turns into a situation where we end up babysitting or investing lotsa time in keeping them engaged, focused, on task.
It's great to work with younger kids if you have the staff, the programs and structure, but when it's super busy and already stretched a little thin, it's too much work to make sure that kids 10 and under safe and outta everyone's hair.
Wanda - Community Cycles, Boulder, Colorado
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From: paul@thebicycletree.org To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 15:41:55 -0700 Subject: [TheThinkTank] Minimum age for volunteer members
Hello,
We are writing our bylaws and seeking to define age minimums for volunteer members of our organization. Our structure is going to distinguish between voting and non-voting members, based on hours volunteered. We have our minds made up pretty well that the minimum age for voting members should be 16, with perhaps a provision where exceptions can be made by volunteer vote. We are less certain about defining the minimum age for non-voting members, who may attend volunteer meetings (which are held on weeknights) but not vote, and would typically volunteer alongside people who are mostly 25-45 years old.
Anyone under 18 needs the signature of a parent or guardian to volunteer.
Perhaps relevant is that we are still operating on a mobile basis - setting up in regular locations outdoors.
I think keeping that minimum at 14 would avoid any issue with labor laws, but perhaps 16 would be better. What age limits, if any, do you employ, and why?
Thank you,
Paul The Bicycle Tree P.O. Box 11293 Santa Ana, CA 92711 http://www.thebicycletree.org info@thebicycletree.org
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